TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORTS LOCAL CHARITIES

Newbury Town Council has awarded a total of £10,440 to 12 local charities to support them in their work for the community in Newbury.  

The projects to benefit include Newbury Family Counselling Services, Newbury Soup Kitchen, West Berkshire Homeless and Newbury Riding for the Disabled. All the projects are registered on The Good Exchange, where the Council’s contribution will be match funded by Greenham trust and the full list of grants awarded is shown below.

Project no.	Name of Organiser	Award
19628	Newbury Family Counselling Service	£1000
19630	Friends of Castle School	£1000
19568	Newbury Soup Kitchen	£1000
19410	The Newbury Community Resource Centre	£1000
19565	West Berkshire Homeless (Newbury Area)	£1000
19522	Time to Talk West Berkshire	£1000
19481	Newbury Community Apple Day	£170
19434	Newbury Riding for the Disabled	£1000
19422	Home-Start West Berkshire	£1000
19309	Friends of Wash Common Library	£270
19346	Young People and Children First	£1000
19289	Daisy’s Dream	£1000
	TOTAL	£10,440

 

Cllr. Gary Norman, Mayor of Newbury and Chair of the Grants Subcommittee, said, “The Council is very pleased to support all of these projects, which all benefit our community. We have awarded these grants in line with our Council’s Strategic objectives to support youth, the elderly, the vulnerable and the diverse communities in Newbury.

We would also like to acknowledge the great work of the Good Exchange which provides the funding and fundraising platform and Greenham Trust which provides match funding for all of these grants.”

Contacts:

Cllr Gary Norman, Chairperson Grants Sub-Committee & Mayor of Newbury  gary.norman@newbury.gov.uk

Hugh Peacocke, CEO Newbury Town Council hugh.peacocke@newbury.gov.uk 01635 35486